Before Your First Reading…
What I actually believe, how these tools work, and why being open minded is the only requirement
Mystic-curious clients find me all kinds of sparkly ways. Some have had readings before and know exactly what they want. Others stumble across my work through a friend, a curious Google search, or a general passion for all things mystic. And some arrive genuinely skeptical, willing to try it but not entirely sure what to expect.
This post is for the unsure, the seasoned, anyone who has never worked with me before. Consider it a preview to how I work: what I believe, what I don't presume to know, and what you can actually expect when we explore all things mystic.
On tarot: I’m no fortune teller
If “Tarot Reading” conjures images of me predicting doom and disaster, I invite you to exhale — that's not my style.
I use cards to direct your attention to where it's needed. A tarot reading is a way of exploring the current energy around a situation: what's at the surface, what's underneath, what patterns are showing up.
Think of it as a tool to get to the root. If something feels off, the cards cut through to the center and give us a space to discuss solutions, themes, and lessons.
The conversation that unfolds is where the real work happens. The cards open up a conversation and cut right to the big themes of life. I like to think of them as ways to (as the great Larry David once said) “elevate small talk to medium talk.”
On astrology: why I use sidereal, and why your "sign" is just the beginning
I'm a sidereal astrologer. That means I work with the actual positions of the constellations as they appear in the sky, rather than the fixed dates most people are familiar with. Those dates were established and “locked in” roughly 2,000 years ago when the Gregorian calendar was formalized. The Earth has wobbled since then (a phenomenon called axial precession), which means all the signs have shifted by about one full sign. So if you've always been told you're a Sagittarius, you may actually be a Scorpio in sidereal. (stay with me)
I know that can feel disorienting. But here's the good news: your sun sign, which is what you're referring to when you say "I'm a Taurus" or "I'm a Gemini,” is just one piece. The sun is one planet on a map of the entire sky at the moment you were born. We all carry every sign of the zodiac somewhere in our chart. You are not one sign. You are a whole sky.
These are tools, not doctrines
I work with Tarot, Sidereal Astrology, and Human Design. I hold all three of them the same way: as rich, interpretive frameworks for understanding ourselves: not as absolute truth, not as fixed fate, not as a religion or belief system.
What they offer is language. A way of talking about patterns, tendencies, and potential. They guide us through the great human paradox: we are all deeply the same, and we are all are deeply unique. Mystic work allows us to dance between the universal and particular in order to gain insight into our lives.
On science and mysticism: they're closer than you think
I love mysticism. I also believe in science. I don't experience these as opposites, and the more I've worked at this intersection, the more I'm convinced that the boundary between them is mostly a cultural story we've inherited, not a fundamental truth.
What I actually believe — openly
When skeptics tell me "I don't believe in that stuff," I’ll be honest: I don’t really know what that means.
So for fun, here a few things I do believe:
I believe in hermetic principles: that nothing is random, that everything is connected, and that the same rhythms running through the natural world run through us too
I believe in listening inward. Our intuition holds so much truth and we have not all been taught to trust it
I believe in embracing discomfort as a path to expansion. We are living in a time of so much comfort, that we are so afraid of anything else. Here we miss out on so much growth and massively limit ourselves.
I believe that interpretation and intention are sacred. Where we place our energy and attention shapes what our lives become.
I believe that modern life is a big part of the problem. We are disconnected from each other, from nature, from ourselves, and this causes a lot of pain and suffering. Mystic work, at its best, is an antidote to that disconnection.
I believe there is something beyond this life, something greater than any of us. I do not presume to know what it is…. and I don't think we're meant to know.
So there you have it! Nothing to fear, no cult to join, just some exploration and curiosity. We are all always constantly learning from each other. Come as you are to any readings with me, take what resonates and leave the rest.
